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3D-printed food to ‘sentient’ chatbots – five Big Ideas Live highlights | Science & Tech News
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From Britain’s role in the space race and the future of warfare, to 3D-printed burgers and robots delivering pretzels, Big Ideas Live certainly ran the gamut when it came to how science and technology is affecting our world. There were opportunities for visitors to try some of the innovations they can welcome into their home, […]
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Google sacks senior software engineer Blake Lemoine after claiming its AI chatbot is a ‘sentient’ being | Science & Tech News
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Google has sacked a senior software engineer after he claimed the company’s AI chatbot is a “sentient” being. The search engine’s parent company Alphabet said Blake Lemoine’s claims about LaMDA (its language model for dialogue applications) are “wholly unfounded”. “It’s regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear […]